Selected as one of 12 fellows in a program cultivating community-based creative practice; partnered with Black Land and Access Trust to design a civic engagement “activation” using participatory action research over 6 months.
Rooted Together: Molding Our Collective Future & Celebrating Bed-Stuy
Participating Artists: Nic Black, Anurima Kumar, and Maleek Rae
Community Partner: GrowHouse Design + Development – GrowHouse NYC is working to develop the BLAC Land Trust as a tool to preserve affordability in rapidly gentrifying Central Brooklyn neighborhoods. GrowHouse empowers Black people and allies through collective ownership of artistic production, real estate/land, and cultural institutions. The organization’s goal is to repair the harms caused by structural racism through equity-centered, anti-racist community design and development. Recently, GrowHouse NYC worked with community members to build citywide recognition of the importance of the Flatbush African Burial Ground, and in 2021, convinced the City not to sell the land to a private developer.
Participating Artists: Nic Black, Anurima Kumar, and Maleek Rae
Community Partner: GrowHouse Design + Development – GrowHouse NYC is working to develop the BLAC Land Trust as a tool to preserve affordability in rapidly gentrifying Central Brooklyn neighborhoods. GrowHouse empowers Black people and allies through collective ownership of artistic production, real estate/land, and cultural institutions. The organization’s goal is to repair the harms caused by structural racism through equity-centered, anti-racist community design and development. Recently, GrowHouse NYC worked with community members to build citywide recognition of the importance of the Flatbush African Burial Ground, and in 2021, convinced the City not to sell the land to a private developer.
